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11. MS Mus. 1808/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/9
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 27-30
Scope & Content:
Work-book 27: Dated 19 June [1984] - 11 November [1984]. ff.ii-19v: Sketches for incidental music for Thames TV documentary series 'Crime Inc.', episodes 5 (ff.1-13) and 7 (ff.14-19). ff.19v-36: Sketches for 'Memory of C', a piece written following the death of Swayne's mother but subsequently w...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1984]-1985
Extent:
4 volumes

12. MS Mus. 1808/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/6
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 16-19
Scope & Content:
Work-book 16: Dated 19 October 1980 - 21 March 1981. Sketches for 'Count-down' (op. 30) and other pieces conncected with Swayne's residency as composer to the borough of Hownslow. Includes work on 'Rhythm-studies I and II' (op. 32) and 'The Three Rs' (op. 28). Work-book 17: Dated 21 March 1981 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1983
Extent:
4 volumes

13. MS Mus. 1808/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/13
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 43-46
Scope & Content:
Work-book 43: Dated 15 April 1988 onwards, no end date. Sketches for 'Harmonies of Hell' (op. 53). Includes a roughly sketched stage plan (f.16); and general notes. Work-book 44: Dated 23 June 1988 - February 1989. Early ideas and sketches for a commission from English National Opera (ENO): a p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1989
Extent:
4 volumes

14. MS Mus. 1808/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/14
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 47-49
Scope & Content:
Work-book 47: Dated 17 September 1989 onwards, no end date. ff.1-13: Sketches for a piano sonata in A major, later abandoned. ff.13v-19: Sketches for 'No quiet place' (op. 55), followed by diary entries dated 24th September - 10th October 1989. ff.19v-25: Further sketches for piano sonata in A m...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1989-1991
Extent:
4 volumes

15. MS Mus. 1808/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/15
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 50-53
Scope & Content:
Work-book 50: Dated 21 March 1991 - 14 August 1991. ff.1-4: Notes on 'The song of the tortoise' (op. 59), and unidentified notes on tuning. ff.7-25v: Detailed sketches for 'Circle of silence' (op. 57). ff.25v-67v: Sketches for 'Zebra music' (op. 58) and String quartet no. 3 (op. 61) (ff.59v-63)....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1991-1992
Extent:
4 volumes

16. Ms Mus. 1808/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Ms Mus. 1808/1/10
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 31-34
Scope & Content:
Work-book 31: Dated 17 October 1985 onwards, no end date. ff.1-9: Sketches for 'Solo' (op. 42). ff.9v-30: Various sketches, notes and transcribed texts, some unidentified. Includes: list of characters or parts in a circus work; notes on structure and instrumentation of 'God-song' (op. 41); a col...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1986
Extent:
4 volumes

17. MS Mus. 1808/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/18
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 62-64
Scope & Content:
Work-book 62: Dated 1 February 1997 onwards, no end date. ff.1-53: Sketches for 'Chinese whispers' (op. 75). Also includes early ideas for 'HAVOC' (op. 83) (ff.18v-21, 29v-30, & 52v-53); a brief sketch and note on the completion of 'Mr Leary's mechanical Maggot' (op. 74) (f.22v); and a diary...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1997-1998
Extent:
3 volumes

18. MS Mus. 1808/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/20
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 68-70
Scope & Content:
Work-book 68: Dated 14 August 1999 onwards, no end date. ff.1-3: Text of 'Perturbèd spirit' (op. 85), and crossed-out sketch setting poem beginning 'Darlink, you are wonderful'. ff.4-21: Draft score of 'Epilogue' of movement 5 of 'HAVOC' (op. 83). ff.22-38: Sketches and general notes, including ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1999-2001
Extent:
3 volumes

19. MS Mus. 1808/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/12
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 39-42
Scope & Content:
Work-book 39: Dated 21 January 1987 onwards, no end date. Sketches and draft score for 'Tonos' (op. 47). Also contains sketches for 'PP' (op. 46), written for the birthday of Paul Patterson for a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (ff.49-57). Work-book 40: Dated 2 February 1987 - 20 Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1987
Extent:
4 volumes

20. MS Mus. 1808/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/16
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 54-57
Scope & Content:
Work-book 54: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 55. ff.1-43: Draft score of 'The Owl and the Pussycat I' (op. 60), dated 4 February 1993. ff.43v-49: Rough draft score of fugal passage from 'The Owl and the Pu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1993-1994
Extent:
4 volumes